"Have I not avoided you?"
"We shall do better alone. Do you go on, Herr Hochwald--or shall we?"
"With your permission we will wait a moment and discuss the matter. Just beyond the hill ahead of us is Bodolz. It is a town upon the railroad and there we will find officials, telegraph officers and soldiers from the Lindau Kaserne who keep guard."
"And what of that. My word against yours. Prison for us all----"
"Perhaps. But not if you act the part of wisdom."
"What do you want?"
"Merely to accompany you across the lake----"
"Impossible----"
"It is very little that I ask of you. Think a moment. Suppose that I should reveal the real meaning of your journey, the actual value of the truck load you haul to market----!"
Markov and Tanya exchanged helpless glances. He knew--had known all the while.